I would understand if I was just unlucky with a Duologic failure, that it might be a rare thing. But the one piece of data none of us appear to have is an idea of the failure rate. Is it 5% or 55%? If it is 5% I would happily buy another FIAT with Duologic, as I intrinsically agree with the overall design principles, even if the engineering is a bit complex.
But if it was some ridiculously high figure, the Duologic should not even be on the market.
No wonder the cars in the USA went the conventional hydraulic auto transmission unit.
If FIAT were so unsure of Duologic in the home of consumer litigation (the USA), then why do they persist with Duologic? Especially as the actuators appear to be too expensive for the production line......unless of course the spare parts pricing is designed to make us buy a new car instead.
Does anyone have any experience with the reconditioning of the actuators with the eBay trader "fiatpartsshop"?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fiat-Dual-Logic-Semi-Automatic-Gearbox-Actuator-Grande-Punto-Panda-Idea-500-/331906244334?hash=item4d47275eee:g:VtIAAOSwNyFWeHYa#shpCntId